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Dowser

noun

Someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water. Synonyms: rhabdomancer, water witch.

Forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil. Synonyms: divining rod, dowsing rod, water finder, waterfinder.

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"Dowser" Quotes from Famous Books

... times if he considered the divining rod an exploded superstition. Its efficacy in finding water, I reminded him, was now admitted by the most sceptical science, and I was able to inform him that a great American railway company paid a yearly salary to a "dowser" to guide it in the construction of new roads through a country where water was scarce and hard ...

— Pieces of Eight • Richard le Gallienne

Words linked to "Dowser" : waterfinder, diviner, stick, dowse